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ArticleToxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology2023

Immunotoxicity of N-butylbenzenesulfonamide: impacts on immune function in adult mice and developmentally exposed rats.

Victor J Johnson, Cynthia V Rider, Michael I Luster, Amy Brix, Gary R Burleson, Michelle Cora, Susan A Elmore, Rachel P Frawley, Franklin R Lopez, Esra Mutlu and 5 more

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Article in Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Victor J JohnsonBurleson Research Technologies, Inc, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560, United States.
Cynthia V RiderDivision of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.
Michael I LusterBurleson Research Technologies, Inc, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560, United States.
Amy BrixExperimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.
Gary R BurlesonBurleson Research Technologies, Inc, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560, United States.
Michelle CoraDivision of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.
Susan A ElmoreDivision of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.
Rachel P FrawleyDivision of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.
Franklin R LopezCharles River Laboratories, Durham, North Carolina 27703, United States.
Esra MutluDivision of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.
Keith R ShockleyDivision of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.
Jessica PierfeliceBattelle, Columbus, Ohio 43201, United States.
Brian BurbackBattelle, Columbus, Ohio 43201, United States.
Caroll A CoSocial and Scientific Systems Inc., a DLH Holdings Corp Company, Durham, North Carolina 27703, United States.
Dori R GermolecDivision of Translational Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4072-1956
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · USBattelle · USCharles River Laboratories (United States) · USExperimental Pathology Laboratories · USSocial and Scientific Systems (United States) · US

Funding

Consumer Products and Therapeutics Research ProgramZIAES103379 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI TAYLOR, KYLA · 2022 to 2025
$9.9M
NIEHS NIH HHS ES103379-01NIEHS NIH HHS HHSN273201000016CNIEHS NIH HHS HHSN273201400017CNIEHS NIH HHS HHSN273201600011CNIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N-butylbenzenesulfonamide (NBBS) is a high-production volume plasticizer that is an emerging contaminant of concern for environmental and human health. To understand the risks and health effects of exposure to NBBS, studies were conducted in adult-exposed mice and developmentally exposed rats to evaluate the potential for NBBS to modulate the immune system. Beginning between 8 and 9 weeks of age, dosed feed containing NBBS at concentrations of 0, 313, 625, 1250, 2500, and 5000 ppm was continuously provided to B6C3F1/N female mice for 28 days. Dosed feed was also continuously provided to time-mated Harlan Sprague Dawley (Sprague Dawley SD) rats at concentrations of 0-, 250-, 500-, and 1000-ppm NBBS from gestation day 6 to postnatal day 28 and in F1 rats until 11-14 weeks of age. Functional assessments of innate, humoral, and cell-mediated immunity were conducted in adult female mice and F1 rats following exposure to NBBS. In female mice, NBBS treatment suppressed the antibody-forming cell (AFC) response to SRBC with small increases in T-cell responses and natural killer (NK)-cell activity. In developmentally exposed rats, NBBS treatment-related immune effects were sex dependent. A positive trend in NK-cell activity occurred in male F1 rats while a negative trend occurred in female F1 rats. The AFC response to SRBC was decreased in female F1 rats but not in male F1 rats. These data provide evidence that oral exposure to NBBS has the potential to produce immunomodulatory effects on both innate and adaptive immune responses, and these effects appear to have some dependence on species, sex, and period of exposure (developmental vs adult).

Indexed as

ImmunitySulfonamidesAnimalsBenzenesulfonamidesFemaleHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred StrainsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyBenzenesulfonamidesN-butylbenzenesulfonamideSulfonamidesbenzosulfonamidesdevelopmental immunotoxicityimmunotoxicity testingnatural killer cell activityN-butylbenzenesulfonamideT-dependent antibody response

Identifiers

PMID37584675
PMCPMC10613960
OpenAlexW4385851560

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